Love all of this. Congratulations on completing it! For practice, you might want to check out what my friend Eric Edwards is doing. He has a vintage shop on Etsy. He has been buying old clothes with significant problems (holes, etc.) and repairing them with fabulous embroidery patches. Making the "defect" into something beautiful, unique, and interesting. Look through his Instagram, and you'll see a number of his pieces that have been modified and made glorious! https://www.instagram.com/eseartstudio/ Finally, the fabrics you are choosing to work with are very loosely woven. That's what makes their "hand" (the feel and drape of the fabric) so loose and 'watery' feeling. It also means they don't have much structural integrity. Maybe go by your local Goodwill and buy some old jeans. Denim has structural integrity, and old denim has been broken-in and has a wonderful hand to it. Anyway... enjoy your adventure! And please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks! I convinced myself on my drive home from work today to do the rabbit one more time, to see if I can A) get closer to what I had originally tried to do and B) do it in less time the second time around. Since I have you, I'm a sucker for unique and/or rugged textures. Besides denim, do you know of any other good fabrics? I kind of want to give jute a shot, but I'm worried that the thread count will be too low to be practical and would make my current fraying and leaking stuffing issues seem trivial in comparison.Anyway... enjoy your adventure! And please let me know if you have any questions.